I presented two papers at the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) and the American Academy of Religion (AAR), which met together late November (as they always do). This year they […]

There’s a sense in which Christmas came early for me in 2017. That’s how blessed I was to represent Vanguard University this past November at an important academic conference in […]

I attended and gave a presentation with Dr. Jinhee Kim (Kennesaw State University) at the largest early childhood education conference in the world, the 2017 NAEYC (National Association for the […]

PRESIDENT BRAIN (Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference Meeting) I, along with four other students, Rhys Carpenter, Megan Jeske, Carla Keith, and Liana Rizkalla, traveled to Washington D.C. to attend the […]

I attended The Pacific Sociological Association’s 88th Meeting in Portland, Oregon from April 6 to April 9. This was a particularly exciting year for me for two reasons: This was […]

Costume College, hosted by Costumer’s Guild West, is an annual event attracting attendees and teachers from around the globe.  This year’s theme was “The 60’s—Vintage Daydreams”.  I attended the event […]

I had the privilege this summer (June 28–30) of representing Vanguard University at an international gathering of biblical scholars and theologians at the Tyndale House in Cambridge, England. In this […]

I attended the 46th annual conference of the Society for Pentecostal Studies (SPS) last March (9-11). The SPS is an international society of scholars dedicated to research in some aspect of […]

WALI and NASPSPA,  June 2017 June is the month of conferences for me. The purpose of The North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA)  is […]

This year’s faculty gathering centered on the theme of becoming. Naomi Kasa and I had attended the 2017 Lilly Conference in Anaheim, where Stephen Brookfield had given a talk on […]